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Thursday, October 27, 2016

The Hufflepuff Common Room Is My Jam

I may be the last one on the bandwagon here, but have you guys heard of Ambient Mixer? It's a website that allows users to create and listen to custom "audio atmospheres," like summer storms, creepy castles, etc.

I confess I haven't explored too much, because once I found the Hogwarts common rooms (thanks, FoE!) I pretty much parked it right there.

I mostly hang out in Hufflepuff, with regular forays into Gryffindor, and the occasional visit to Slytherin. (Which is an accurate breakdown of my House tendencies, so make of that what you will.)

The best thing - other than this being completely free to stream on your computer - is you can customize each atmosphere with easy-to-use sliders:

So if the footsteps or page turning or whatever is too loud or too often, you can change that, or turn it off completely. (I like to tweak each one so there's nothing too jarring or repetitive.)

I keep these playing in the background while I work. It's a step above white noise, but not as distracting as music. In other words: PERFECTION.

Now, go! Browse! Listen! I think I might grab some headphones next, since the directional sounds are super cool already, just on my mini stereo speakers. (I'm listening to Captains' Hook Quarters right now, and it's ocean wavey goodness.) Then tell me what your favorites are in the comments!

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Oh, but before you go, let's announce some art winners:

The winner of "Discord With A Q" is Jeanna Hensley

The winner of Beauty & the Beast is Jennifer Suchman

And my wild card winner is Katie with the blog Katie & Kevin Get Married!

OMG, this just changed the course of my entire day. I was having such a bad morning, but reading your post, and going to the Ambient Mixer site, seemed to hit a reset button. I put on the "Supernatural" one, and my heart rate slowed immediately. Thanks, Jen, truly.

If I remember correctly from pottermores page on hufflepuff, Rowling said that she wanted Harry to visit all the common rooms, but could never find a reason for him to go to hufflepuffs. It is also the only one with a defense system against intruders(Sorry overexited hufflepuff got loose)^^

This post has made me forget everything I was going to do today! I browsed around in Ambient Mixer and found that there was Poseidon's Cabin from Percy Jackson and there weren't any others so I just used up pretty much my whole day first signing up and then making a bunch of other cabins. (I'm flambooisland over there now)

I am excited to try this website, I just discovered that I enjoy ASMR (if you havent tried or experienced this just youtube it). I love that certain everyday sounds can basically massage my brain/ears/neck and send shivers down my spine, its so relaxing. It really made me realize why I freak out so much when my children get really loud with their fighting.....I am extremely sensitive to different sounds, I either REALLY love them or REALLY hate them.

This is fabulous! Thank you for sharing this! I just took a car ride with the Winchesters to a D&D Tavern for lunch, then off to spend a rainy afternoon in Sherlock's apartment for some research. Super huge squee.

I had no idea this existed - so cool! Totally going to use it while I process photos this weekend. Music tends to distract me a bit *too* much when I have to sing along. And thanks to all the commenters for their recommendations! :)

Oh my gosh, this website is perfect for my Halloween display! I knew I wanted the ambient sound of a cauldron bubbling, but I left it too long and knew I wouldn't be able to create something from scratch. Halloween, sorted!

I just downloaded the app to my phone and started scrolling. I haven't listened to it, but there's a 'Sleeping Next To Dean [Winchester]' atmosphere! HA! I'm guessing there's lots of sleep-talking involving pie and the Impala, Dean's true loves. There's also Tom Bombadil's House and D&D Cave Background. So many I want to try. Thanks for sharing.